Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Westcott Road
Outstanding★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Dorking for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2002, with 52 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Surrey
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Surrey from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
RH4 3DPWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 4 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children, including those who are new, settle well at this outstanding setting.
They are very happy and secure and build excellent relationships with staff, who all know their key children exceptionally well. Children show an excellent knowledge of the daily routines. Older children help to set the table and younger children wait for their friends to come and join their play after mealtimes. The younger toddlers help to clear up for lunch and they practise new-found skills such as drinking from an open-top cup. Staff warmly and enthusiastically celebrate children's success and perseverance. This promotes children sense of achievement to extremely high levels.
Toddlers concentrate at their chosen play experience for extraordinary periods.
- 4 April 2022Outstanding
- 26 April 2019Good
- 2 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Busy Bees Day Nursery at Dorking Westcott Road
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.